Sed2601 Exam with Multiple Choice Questions and Answers 2023
1. Application of principles of sociology to education is known as
(a) Sociology of education.
(b) Educational sociology.
(c) Social foundations of education.
(d) Social science of education.
2. Schools are social institutions because they
(a) Preserve and instill in future generations the knowledge, ideas, and customs of our culture.
(b) Suggest ways and means of social progress.
(c) Suggest solutions to social problems.
(d) Are established by the society.
3. ”Educational Sociology is the study of the interaction of the individual and his cultural environment.” This was stated by
(a) Brown.
(b) Carter,
(c) Ottoway.
(d) Skinner.
4. Who said that “Educational sociology is the study of those phases of sociology that are of significance for educative
processes, specially the study of those that point to valuable programmers of learning and control of learning processes”?
,(a) Brown
,(b) Carter
(c) Ottoway
(d) T.P. Munn.
5. Which of the following is not correct about schools?
(a) They are necessarily affected by the social and economic situations and changes in our civilisation.
(b) They are powerful instruments of social change.
(c) They are potential agents of conflicts and disintegration.
(d) They are social agencies of cultural transmission.
6. Specialisation and further distinctions in making a living within a given economy, within an industrial economy makes
(a) A greater demand for better education.
(b) Many kinds of pressures on the expan sion of education.
(c) A demand for specialized courses and training programmers such as management training, etc.
(d) A demand for better man-machine facilities.
7. The nature of the differences in socioeconomic strata of the society such as the wealthy, middle class and the poor is that it
(a) Runs quite frequently at cross purposes in the demands they make on education.
(b) Affects adversely the quality of educa tion
(c) Vitiates the socio-emotional climate of the schools.
(d) Affects negatively the morale of the teachers.
, 8. What is the result of the existence of different socio-economic strata in the society with various class interests?
(a) Setting up mutually incompatible tensions in the educational programme
(b) Creating a lot of politics in the school
(c) Causing a lot of indiscipline in the classroom
(d) Generating a lack of responsibility in the teachers.
9. The least hindrance in the way of the optimum development of child’s personality is
(a) Limited economic surplus that could be spent on education.
(b) Mad scramble among various social groups for getting as much of the goods of education as possible.
(c) Free education for all and equal opportu nity.
(d) Incompetent teachers.
10. Educational Sociology deals with which aspect of education?
(a) Social
(b) Political
(c) Economic
(d) Psychological
11. The least important challenge to Indian education today is presented by the
(a) Poverty of the masses.
(b) Expanding population.
(c) High cost of education.
1. Application of principles of sociology to education is known as
(a) Sociology of education.
(b) Educational sociology.
(c) Social foundations of education.
(d) Social science of education.
2. Schools are social institutions because they
(a) Preserve and instill in future generations the knowledge, ideas, and customs of our culture.
(b) Suggest ways and means of social progress.
(c) Suggest solutions to social problems.
(d) Are established by the society.
3. ”Educational Sociology is the study of the interaction of the individual and his cultural environment.” This was stated by
(a) Brown.
(b) Carter,
(c) Ottoway.
(d) Skinner.
4. Who said that “Educational sociology is the study of those phases of sociology that are of significance for educative
processes, specially the study of those that point to valuable programmers of learning and control of learning processes”?
,(a) Brown
,(b) Carter
(c) Ottoway
(d) T.P. Munn.
5. Which of the following is not correct about schools?
(a) They are necessarily affected by the social and economic situations and changes in our civilisation.
(b) They are powerful instruments of social change.
(c) They are potential agents of conflicts and disintegration.
(d) They are social agencies of cultural transmission.
6. Specialisation and further distinctions in making a living within a given economy, within an industrial economy makes
(a) A greater demand for better education.
(b) Many kinds of pressures on the expan sion of education.
(c) A demand for specialized courses and training programmers such as management training, etc.
(d) A demand for better man-machine facilities.
7. The nature of the differences in socioeconomic strata of the society such as the wealthy, middle class and the poor is that it
(a) Runs quite frequently at cross purposes in the demands they make on education.
(b) Affects adversely the quality of educa tion
(c) Vitiates the socio-emotional climate of the schools.
(d) Affects negatively the morale of the teachers.
, 8. What is the result of the existence of different socio-economic strata in the society with various class interests?
(a) Setting up mutually incompatible tensions in the educational programme
(b) Creating a lot of politics in the school
(c) Causing a lot of indiscipline in the classroom
(d) Generating a lack of responsibility in the teachers.
9. The least hindrance in the way of the optimum development of child’s personality is
(a) Limited economic surplus that could be spent on education.
(b) Mad scramble among various social groups for getting as much of the goods of education as possible.
(c) Free education for all and equal opportu nity.
(d) Incompetent teachers.
10. Educational Sociology deals with which aspect of education?
(a) Social
(b) Political
(c) Economic
(d) Psychological
11. The least important challenge to Indian education today is presented by the
(a) Poverty of the masses.
(b) Expanding population.
(c) High cost of education.
